Comments on: A Presidential Meltdown http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lee http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34482 Lee Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:17:05 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34482 If nothing else good comes from the election in 2008...at least he will not be in office. If nothing else good comes from the election in 2008…at least he will not be in office.

]]> By: Jimmy John http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34464 Jimmy John Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:14:43 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34464 Yeah... it sucks, but - I have lived through worse. I may be missing something but, I think I have heard and seen much worse from him. Yeah… it sucks, but – I have lived through worse.

I may be missing something but, I think I have heard and seen much worse from him.

]]> By: Nick M. http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34460 Nick M. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:31:44 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34460 Okay, is he giving a speech for his campaign for 4th Grade Student Council Rep? I've seen kindergartners give better speeches for Show & Tell. Okay, is he giving a speech for his campaign for 4th Grade Student Council Rep? I’ve seen kindergartners give better speeches for Show & Tell.

]]> By: UCrawford http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34459 UCrawford Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:15:51 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34459 I agree with trumpetbob, this isn't really any different from any other press conference he's held. This one was probably a little better, actually. At least in this one he generally seemed to answer some of the questions he was asked. In others when he gets a difficult question he'll simply give an answer to a completely different question. Frankly, I don't think his credibility could sink any lower with anyone who's paying attention anyway. TB's also right about Congress. They aren't investigating criminal offenses, they're taking issue with Gonzalez exercising the power of his office and nitpicking details they'll never follow up on. If the Democrats were serious about going after criminal offenses they'd have been going all out after the president for those five years of missing government e-mails that he was routing through a shadow server in violation of federal law. But they won't because Pelosi is a stupid, weak and useless leader who couldn't successfully prosecute Bush if the entire Congress walked in on him standing over a mangled body while holding a bloody axe. I don't believe in the conspiracy theories, but Bill Hicks' puppet analogy was somewhat apt: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/macomber200412150918.asp I agree with trumpetbob, this isn’t really any different from any other press conference he’s held. This one was probably a little better, actually. At least in this one he generally seemed to answer some of the questions he was asked. In others when he gets a difficult question he’ll simply give an answer to a completely different question. Frankly, I don’t think his credibility could sink any lower with anyone who’s paying attention anyway.

TB’s also right about Congress. They aren’t investigating criminal offenses, they’re taking issue with Gonzalez exercising the power of his office and nitpicking details they’ll never follow up on. If the Democrats were serious about going after criminal offenses they’d have been going all out after the president for those five years of missing government e-mails that he was routing through a shadow server in violation of federal law. But they won’t because Pelosi is a stupid, weak and useless leader who couldn’t successfully prosecute Bush if the entire Congress walked in on him standing over a mangled body while holding a bloody axe.

I don’t believe in the conspiracy theories, but Bill Hicks’ puppet analogy was somewhat apt: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/macomber200412150918.asp

]]> By: trumpetbob15 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34452 trumpetbob15 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:30:24 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34452 While it was pretty painful, that was more in how he delivered the message. When he mentioned Libby, he should have said Libby paid a fine, but jail was excessive. I also am not going to convict Gonzales over attorney firings that followed the Constitution. There was a very obvious dodge of the Iraqi situation but did anybody expect him to really answer that? The dig at the Congress, while sounding idiotic, did make a pretty good point. It isn't like Congress is actually investigating anything the President did wrong; they decided to reward it with a new spying program. I guess I just don't see how this is any different from Bush's previous press conferences. While it was pretty painful, that was more in how he delivered the message. When he mentioned Libby, he should have said Libby paid a fine, but jail was excessive. I also am not going to convict Gonzales over attorney firings that followed the Constitution. There was a very obvious dodge of the Iraqi situation but did anybody expect him to really answer that?

The dig at the Congress, while sounding idiotic, did make a pretty good point. It isn’t like Congress is actually investigating anything the President did wrong; they decided to reward it with a new spying program.

I guess I just don’t see how this is any different from Bush’s previous press conferences.

]]> By: Brad R http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34451 Brad R Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:14:31 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/09/a-presidential-meltdown/#comment-34451 Ouch. That was painful to watch. Ouch. That was painful to watch.

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